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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

The Butler Varsity Golfers competed in the 5th
Region Tournament on Tuesday at Elizabethtown Country Club. In the “win and you’re in” event, the Bears
got off to a decent start, seeing them 9 strokes off a trip to the State Tournament
as a team at the turn. The second nine
was a struggle for the Bears, finishing with them out of the qualifying state
positions. The silver lining was Senior
Chase Wathen battling back to shoot under par on his second nine and qualifying
him for state as an individual for the 4th straight year. Wathen needed back to back birdies on his 16th
and 17th holes to clinch the spot.
The Butler team season is completed and Chase will compete in the state
tournament in Bowling Green next Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Friday, September 26, 2014

The Butler Golfers took part in a Ryder Cup-style match with
Meade County on Wednesday at Doe Valley. The Bears did not disappoint,
winning 4 ½ to 2 ½ in the team format. Singles match winners were Dalton
Blake 1up, Tanner Thompson 2&1 and Josh Tingle battled back to halve his
match. In partner matches, Bradley Davis and Chase Daub won 3&2 while
Darren McCluskey and Jacob Bray took their match 3&2. This is the
final regular season match for the Bears who will next compete Tuesday morning
in the 5th Region Tournament at Elizabethtown Country Club.

The Butler Golf team took on a short-handed Whitefield
Academy on Monday at Quail Chase. Winning the match by way of forfeit due to
Whitefield only having 3 players moved the Bears to 7-1 on the season. The
squad was led by Darren Mccluskey's 40 and Bradley Davis at 46. The highlight
of the match came when freshmen Chase Daub holed out from 160y for eagle on #2.
Butler will next face off with Meade County on Wednesday at Doe Valley at 3:30.

Thursday, September 18, 2014

The Bears competed in a Regional preview match on
Wednesday at Elizabethtown Country Club, the course set to host the regional in
less than 2 weeks. Butler finished 3rd out of ETown, Central Hardin and Meade
Co. The Bears were led by Chase Wathen's 3-under 33, best overall, and freshmen
Dalton Blake followed with 39. Butler will next face Whitefield Academy on
Monday at Quail Chase at 3:30.

Thursday, September 11, 2014

In what is becoming an annual match play competition between Butler and Manual at Seneca GC, the Bears moved to 6-1 on the season winning 5-3. Spurred by an early 5&3 victory by Senior Tanner Thompson, Butler took a commanding 3-1 lead. It evaporated quickly however and the competition was tied 3-3 coming to the last match where Junior Jonah Puckett came up huge with a 4&2 victory in the final match sealing the 5-3 victory. The Bears will next face off with regional rival Meade County at Sun Valley on Monday at 3:30.

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

The Bears dominated rival PRP at South Park CC on Monday, winning the match by a margin of 48 strokes. Butler was led by Senior Chase Wathen firing an even-par 36. The team score was rounded out by Tanner Thompson at 42, Dalton Blake at 42 and Josh Tingle's 43. The final score was 162-210 pushing the record to 5-1 on the season. Butler will next face off with Manual Wednesday at Seneca GC.

Sunday, September 7, 2014

In the annual PRP Invitational at Sun Valley GC on Saturday, the Bears struggled to a 6th place finish shooting 336. The squad was led once again by Senior Chase Wathen who fired 74, good enough for a 4th place finish overall. Other notables were Josh Tingle at 85, Tanner Thompson with 88 and Dalton Blake rounded out the team score with a round of 89. This will be the last invitational appearance for Butler until the Regional Tournament. The Bears will next face off with rival PRP on Monday 3:30 at South Park CC.